As president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post , you would expect Arianna Huffington to be living her life at 100 mph .

Not so , she says -LRB- although she is often spotted running from event to event gripping multiple smartphones while tweeting at the same time -RRB- .

In fact , Huffington , founder of the Huffington Post Media Group , is on a mission to persuade us all to slow down .

She describes herself as a `` sleep evangelist , '' has nap rooms in her offices at the AOL headquarters in New York and tries to start every day with meditation .

`` I 've been meditating for years but now I 'm increasingly making it part of my daily routine , '' she said .

In fact , she jokingly says she slept her way to the top . `` There is that special glow after a good night 's sleep when you feel really in the zone . You feel like ` Bring it on -- you know I can handle anything ! ' ''

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For a woman so successful , it is of course a mission with a business opportunity . The Huffington Post has a new `` Less Stress More Living '' lifestyle section and the company recently launched an iPhone app called `` GPS for the Soul , '' at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas .

`` I am obsessed with stress reduction , '' said Huffington . `` We -LRB- The Huffington Post -RRB- are now moving into lifestyle and growing our offering in that department , especially at a time when we are recognizing more and more the dangers of stress . ''

Huffington , 62 , founded Huffington Post in 2005 , and two years ago sold it to AOL for $ 315 million . She and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong inked the deal during halftime at the Super Bowl .

She was listed on Time Magazine 's `` Time 100 '' list of the world 's 100 most influential people in 2006 and 2011 , and among Forbes `` 100 Most Powerful Women '' for the past three years .

Huffington Post now has editions in six countries , launched a HuffPost Live streaming network last year and has plans to expand into Japan and Brazil .

`` I started with wanting to create a site that was incredibly engaging , '' said Huffington . `` And the timing was great , I loved my work , working hard does n't feel like drudgery .

`` And then I think we made some really smart moves , the acquisition was an incredibly smart move , moving internationally was really the right moment . ''

Huffington was born in Athens , Greece , -LRB- she jokingly calls herself a `` Greek peasant girl '' -RRB- and moved to the UK at age 16 , winning a place at Cambridge University to study economics .

`` My mother would tell me from a very young age never to be afraid of failing , '' she said .

`` I was absolutely fine taking risks . Trying to get into Cambridge when everybody said you 'll never get in , or writing my first book when I was 23 .

`` A lot of things that were likely to fail and many did fail . I mean my first book did well , my second book was rejected by 36 publishers . ''

She has now written 13 books .

Her advice ? Embrace failure , she said . `` You can recognize very often that out of these projects that may not have succeeded themselves that other successes are built . ''

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While at Cambridge , Huffington became president of its prestigious Cambridge Union debating society , but said she initially struggled to be accepted .

`` I was terrible , '' she said . `` My accent , if you can believe it , was even heavier . In the UK having a foreign accent at the time especially was still seen as really alien .

`` Learning to debate was definitely on that young Arianna 's dream list .

`` Therefore I was prepared to stay up late , be ridiculed , whatever it took . I was determined to learn to speak . ''

Huffington moved to the United States in 1980 , where she found her accent was more easily accepted .

`` I remember Henry Kissinger saying to me ` do n't worry about your accent , in American public life you can never overestimate the advantages of incomprehensibility . ' ''

In more than three decades since moving to the United States , Huffington 's influence on public life has grown exponentially .

In 2003 , she stood against Arnold Schwarzenegger as an independent candidate for governor of California .

She rejects political definitions of left and right -LRB- although she is widely viewed as a staunch liberal these days -RRB- , but has plenty of advice for President Barack Obama .

`` For me the biggest crisis that 's not being addressed at the moment in Washington is youth unemployment .

`` It 's the fact that 50 % of college graduates either ca n't get a job or are doing a job for which they would n't have needed a college degree .

`` That 's not sustainable . That really goes against the American dream , which is based on the assumption that you work hard , you play by the rules and then you do well . ''

Huffington is divorced with two daughters in their 20s . Her biggest hope for her daughters ' generation is that they will feel less pressure .

`` I think especially as women we need to recognize that feeling pressure is completely self imposed , '' she said .

`` We women suffer more than men what I call the obnoxious roommate living in our head , which is that critical voice that constantly judges us , according to which we are never good enough .

`` One of the advantages of growing older is that you stop looking over your shoulder , you stop feeling that pressure .

`` My only hope for younger women like my daughters is why not feel that earlier . ''

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Arianna Huffington founded one of the world 's most successful media companies , The Huffington Post , in 2005

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She sold the company to AOL for $ 315 million two years ago

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She describes herself as a `` sleep evangelist '' and obsessed with stress reduction